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1st
2-0-0 record · 2 played
3.00 points per game
+5 goal diff · 7–2
WWlast 2
87% chance of top 4 · expected finish 2.6
-0.29 schedule faced · avg opponent rating

Next game — Sat Jan 30, 02:00 PM

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Wilmington Hammerheads
1st · 3.00 PPG
vs
NCFC Youth
7th · 1.50 PPG

NCINO Sports Park, Field 6 ↗

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●●●○○ Toss-up to win

Most likely score 2–1 (expected goals 2.2 for, 1.3 against · 1.92 expected points)

Season so farWilmington HammerheadsNCFC Youth
Position1st7th
Record (W-D-L)2-0-01-0-1
Points per game3.001.50
Goals for / game3.51.5
Goals against / game1.01.0
Clean sheets01
Held scoreless01
Form (recent first)W WL W
Biggest win4–1 vs Fairfax Virginia Union3–0 vs Fairfax Virginia Union
Worst loss—0–2 vs Arlington Soccer Association
Model rating (net goals vs avg)+0.89+0.12
Schedule faced (avg opp. rating)-0.29-0.29

Common opponents: Arlington Soccer Association — we 3–1; they 0–2. Fairfax Virginia Union — we 4–1; they 3–0.

Game plan

  • Swing game — small margins
    Win 57% / draw 20% / loss 22%.

    Games like this are decided by one set piece or one transition. Prioritise the strongest XI for the full game, be disciplined with fouls near the box, and have a clear late-game plan for both "protect the lead" and "chase".

If Saturday goes…

Where we'd sit after the NCFC Youth game. The table is ordered by points per game, so one result can move us several places. Type any score in the first row (Wilmington Hammerheads – NCFC Youth) to see where it lands us; it resets when you reload. Likely results plays out the model's most likely score in the 3 other games that week (Mon Jan 25 – Sun Jan 31); the outer columns are the best and worst the rivals can do.

Our resultRivals don't playLikely resultsEvery rival wins
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Win · 3.00 PPG
1st— holds 1st— holds 1st— holds
Win
3.00 PPG
1st— holds 1st— holds 1st— holds
Draw
2.33 PPG
2nd▼ down 1 2nd▼ down 1 2nd▼ down 1
Loss
2.00 PPG
3rd▼ down 2 3rd▼ down 2 3rd▼ down 2

Can we move up this round? No. With a 2–1 win we stay 1st even if every rival loses, whatever the rivals do.

Where we finish

2,000 simulated seasons

32% finish 1st
87% top 4
13% below the top 4
2.6 average finish
  1. 1st 32%
  2. 2nd 28%
  3. 3rd 18%
  4. 4th 9%
  5. 5th 6%
  6. 6th 3%
  7. 7th 1%
  8. 8th 1%
  9. 9th 1%
  10. 10th <1%
  11. 11th <1%
  12. 12th <1%
  13. 13th

Every remaining game in the division is played out with the forecast's goal odds, 2,000 times, and the table is re-sorted each time. Green marks the top 4.

Climbing the table

Top of the table. The job is to stay there: see the path below for where points are most at risk.

How the results connect

4 chains · 4 teams

Paths of results that link Wilmington Hammerheads to NCFC Youth through teams both have faced, drawn as one map. Teams sit in columns by how many games away from us they are. Each arrow is one game, pointing away from us, and its colour is the result for the team it starts from. Hover or tap an arrow to trace a chain and see its net goal margin.

2 favour us
1 even
1 favour them
+2.0 goals per chain on average. The results point our way.
won lost drew· result for the team the arrow starts from
4–1 0–3 3–1 2–0 1–3 Wilmington Hammerhe… 1st Fairfax Virginia Un… 8th Arlington Soccer As… 10th NCFC Youth 7th

Hover or tap an arrow to trace a chain, or step through them with the arrows. Open full screen and turn your phone to see the whole map.

4 chains

Position over the season

9 game days

1st 7th 13th Sep 12 Sep 19 Sep 26 Oct 4 Oct 18

The table re-sorted after each date on which a game was played. Shaded band is the top 4.

The path

run-in difficulty -0.01 · 8th hardest of 13

DateOpponentWhereDifficultyWinLikelyExp. ptsRun. PPGPriority
Sat Jan 30
02:00 PM
NCFC Youth
7th · 1-0-1 · GD +1
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●●●○○ Toss-up
57%
2–1 1.92 2.64 Swing game
Sat Feb 13
01:00 PM
Richmond United
9th · 2-1-4 · GD -2
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●●○○○ Lean win
66%
2–1 2.14 2.52 Swing game
Sun Feb 14
11:00 AM
Beach FC
3rd · 4-3-0 · GD +6
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●●●○○ Toss-up
49%
1–1 1.69 2.35 Swing game
Sat Feb 27
10:00 AM
NCFC Youth
7th · 1-0-1 · GD +1
Away far trip
WRAL
●●●○○ Toss-up
48%
1–1 1.66 2.23 Swing game
Sun Feb 28
TBD
Charlotte SA
6th · 1-0-1 · GD +1
Away
●●●○○ Toss-up
50%
2–1 1.69 2.16 Swing game
Sat Mar 6
TBD
Charlotte SA Academy
2nd · 3-1-0 · GD +7
Away
●●●●○ Tough
30%
1–1 1.12 2.03 Upside
Sun Mar 7
11:00 AM
Highland FC
13th · 0-0-2 · GD -5
Away far trip
Buncombe County Sports Park
●●○○○ Lean win
74%
3–1 2.36 2.06 Bank it
Sun Mar 14
01:00 PM
Charlotte SA
6th · 1-0-1 · GD +1
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●●○○○ Lean win
60%
2–1 1.99 2.06 Swing game
Sat Apr 10
10:00 AM
NCFC Youth Academy
4th · 2-1-1 · GD +1
Away far trip
WRAL
●●●○○ Toss-up
46%
1–1 1.61 2.02 Swing game
Sun Apr 11
TBD
NC Fusion
12th · 0-1-1 · GD -2
Away
●●○○○ Lean win
62%
2–1 2.03 2.02 Swing game
Sat Apr 17
TBD
Skyline Elite
11th · 1-1-4 · GD -10
Away
●●○○○ Lean win
73%
2–0 2.34 2.04 Bank it
Sun Apr 18
01:00 PM
VDA
5th · 3-0-3 · GD +5
Away far trip
Ali Krieger Sports Complex (AKSC)
●●●○○ Toss-up
44%
2–2 1.51 2.00 Swing game
Sat Apr 24
11:00 AM
Charlotte SA Academy
2nd · 3-1-0 · GD +7
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●●●●○ Tough
39%
1–1 1.39 1.96 Upside
Sun Apr 25
09:00 AM
Highland FC
13th · 0-0-2 · GD -5
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●○○○○ Favorable
82%
3–1 2.56 2.00 Bank it
Sat May 8
10:00 AM
NCFC Youth Academy
4th · 2-1-1 · GD +1
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●●●○○ Toss-up
56%
2–1 1.88 1.99 Swing game
Sun May 9
09:00 AM
NC Fusion
12th · 0-1-1 · GD -2
Home
NCINO Sports Park
●●○○○ Lean win
71%
3–1 2.29 2.01 Bank it

"Far trip" = the venue's zip is outside our home sectional area (first three digits), a rough travel flag, not a distance. Venue names open in Google Maps. "Bank it" = expected win, dropping points here hurts most. "Swing game" = near coin-flip, where the finish is decided. "Upside" = underdog, nothing to lose. Running PPG assumes the expected points from every game up to that row.

Standings

#TeamGPWDLGFGAGDPtsPPGFormSoSRun-inTop 4Exp. finish
1 Wilmington Hammerheads 2200 72+5 63.00 WW -0.29 -0.01 87% 2.6
2 Charlotte SA Academy 4310 103+7 102.50 DWWW -0.03 -0.06 95% 2.0
3 Beach FC 7430 148+6 152.14 DDWWD -0.20 -0.01 75% 3.5
4 NCFC Youth Academy 4211 65+1 71.75 WDWL +0.39 -0.07 33% 5.6
5 VDA 6303 1712+5 91.50 LLWLW -0.18 -0.06 52% 4.6
6 Charlotte SA 2101 54+1 31.50 LW +0.16 +0.02 25% 6.3
7 NCFC Youth 2101 32+1 31.50 WL -0.29 +0.08 18% 6.9
8 Fairfax Virginia Union 6303 1114-3 91.50 WWLLL +0.04 +0.00 9% 7.6
9 Richmond United 7214 1214-2 71.00 DLLWL +0.05 -0.07 3% 8.7
10 Arlington Soccer Association 8224 1115-4 81.00 LDWLW +0.11 -0.09 1% 9.1
11 Skyline Elite 6114 414-10 40.67 DLLWL +0.07 +0.10 0% 11.9
12 NC Fusion 2011 35-2 10.50 LD +0.16 +0.10 1% 10.0
13 Highland FC 2002 27-5 00.00 LL -0.23 +0.23 0% 12.2

Tap a team to see every game it has played (opponent's current position in brackets) and what's next. Ordered the way the league publishes it: points per game, then goal difference. The green edge marks the top 4. SoS is strength of schedule, the average model rating of opponents faced — positive means a harder road than average. "Top 4" and "Exp. finish" come from playing the rest of the season 2,000 times with the forecast model.

How the forecast works: every played game feeds each team's attack and defence rating, adjusted for who it was against — a goal past a strong defence counts for more than one past a weak one. Ratings are shrunk toward the league average (1.83 goals per team per game) by 3 "prior" games so early blowouts don't dominate, and results older than about 120 days count half. Expected goals for a matchup multiply those, with a 8% home bump, and a Poisson score grid gives win/draw/loss odds.